Pantepui


 * 1) ecosystem fo the Guiana Region, 1300-3000 m high, predominantly on Precambrian sandstones table mountains

Etymology
pan (all) from Pemon language tepui for mesa

Related terms
Pantepui flora included 10 % orchids, Melastomaceae, Asteraceae, Rubiaceae, and Bromeliaceae

Pantepui province comprises 50 summits that lies between 1500-3015 m in elevation [https://books.google.cl/books?id=1QwCQFbPsa4C&pg=PA145&dq=Pantepui&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjklbGij9TfAhUCgpAKHZPsCZUQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=province&f=false Berry PE and Riina Ricarda 2005 Insight into biodiversity of Pantepui Flora and biogeography complexity of the Guayana Shield Biol.skr.55 145]

Links
Huber O. 1977 Vegetación y flora de Pantepui Acta botanica brasilica 1(2):suppl 1 41-52 PDF Spanish with English summary